On the Police Logs 07.27.17

Amagansett

A Windmill Lane man told police on July 12 that a credit card he rarely uses had been charged $125 by a business in Grand Rapids, Mich., the day before. David Williams has canceled the card.

East Hampton Village

Police were dispatched to the Nature Trail just after noon on July 17, after a 911 caller reported seeing three teenagers catching ducks with a net. An officer who spoke to the subjects reported that they had no ducks in their possession, according to a report. The teens then left the area without incident, police said.

A Spaeth Lane resident reported a fawn caught in his fence on July 17. The fawn managed to free itself and bound away before police arrived.

Some spotted what appeared to be a syringe and tourniquet in the sand by the Main Beach showers and bike rack on the evening of July 17, and called police. Officers found a green juice-box straw and a piece of a surfboard leash, and threw them into the nearest garbage bin.

Two women exchanged words on Newtown Lane July 18, after the spare tire on a 2015 Jeep grazed the hood of a 2016 Tesla. “Tempers escalated,” police reported, but no charges were filed.

An East Hampton woman waiting for a taxi outside the Palm called police early on the morning of July 19. She had been waiting over an hour, she complained. Police provided her with the numbers of several other cab companies.

Someone kicked in a side door to the Sea Spray Cottages’ garage off Ocean Avenue between July 16 and last Thursday. It appeared that nothing was stolen.

A man from Bayside who works at the Stop & Shop supermarket told police Saturday morning that he had left his wallet by a cash register and it was gone when he went back for it. A customer turned it in to the service desk later, missing $270 cash and a credit card.

Montauk

Police released a report this week concerning a June 19 incident at Goldberg’s Famous Bagels. An employee told police that a young woman had ordered a flagel with extra cream cheese. When she was charged an extra $1, the woman erupted, screaming and cursing, and reached across the counter to grab a Goldberg’s employee. She then reached into the tip jar on the counter and fled with all its contents, roughly $15.

An Oyster Bay man driving his father’s 2015 Porsche parked it at the Dirt Lot at Ditch Plain on July 17. Jesse Rabaglia told police the sides of the car had been badly damaged by deep scratches.

An altercation last week between Joseph Thomas Montag of Manhattan and the security guards at the Surf Lodge resulted in Mr. Montag’s iPhone and Apple watch being damaged. Police classified the incident as felony criminal mischief.

A 2002 Jeep Cherokee parked outside a Caswell Road house was broken into overnight Saturday. Brian Maragioglio of Bellport, who told police he was staying with a cousin, said the thief had pried open a temporary cover that was protecting a broken window. Missing was a Bosch hammer drill, a Dewalt skillsaw, a Fugio combination power tool, and a bookbag. The total loss was over $800.

Northwest Woods

A Musket Lane man trying to sell a couch on Craigslist called police on July 18 after becoming suspicious of a potential buyer. The buyer, whose name Norman Konrad did not know, wanted the couch shipped to Mentor, Ohio, and sent a check for over twice the amount Mr. Konrad had asked. Police asked him to contact them if he learns the man’s name.

Sag Harbor

Police received an anonymous call during the evening on July 18 warning that a suspicious man in black shorts was standing on the North Haven bridge, “staring down at the water.” When police arrived, the man was gone.

On July 19, Julie Keyes reported her yellow custom-made mountain bicycle gone from the front lawn of her Main Street residence. The bike was found the next day on Madison Street.

Brent Greene heard a loud noise early Sunday morning outside his house on Hampton Street. He went out to investigate and discovered that a hit-and-run driver had damaged several street signs.

Springs

A carved wooden sign near the back parking lot of the Barnes Country Store was stolen overnight July 9. Leonard Weyerbacher told police the sign cost $800.